NameTides

Cael

Cael was the #1,942 boys' name in the US in 2025 (79 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Cael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Cael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Cael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,942 (79)#4,275 (4)—#395 (3)—#2,789 (6)
2024#2,345 (60)——#339 (4)—#2,710 (6)
2023#2,952 (42)————#2,336 (7)
2022#3,151 (38)————#2,810 (5)
2021#2,819 (44)————#2,061 (8)
2020#2,505 (51)————#2,013 (8)
2019#2,364 (57)————#1,737 (10)
2018#1,994 (73)#3,011 (6)————
2017#2,032 (69)————#1,852 (9)
2016#1,694 (92)#4,023 (4)——#601 (4)#1,683 (10)
2015#1,247 (145)#2,707 (7)#686 (3)#415 (3)—#1,577 (11)
2014#1,102 (173)#1,935 (11)#533 (5)——#1,062 (19)
2013#1,052 (182)#2,055 (10)#590 (4)#398 (3)#534 (5)#1,068 (19)
2012#949 (212)#2,721 (7)—#403 (3)#548 (5)#862 (26)
2011#805 (272)#1,909 (11)—#311 (4)#623 (4)#926 (23)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2011 at #805.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Cael is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,652TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Cael (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CaelCanadaBoys#2,7896
CaelEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
CaelIrelandBoys—too few
CaelNorthern IrelandBoys#3953
CaelScotlandBoys—too few
CaelUSGirls—too few
CaelUSBoys#1,94279